Donald Trump begins second term as United States president

Donald Trump took office for a second term as president of the United States on 20 January 2025. Chief Justice John Roberts administered the oath inside the Capitol Rotunda after cold weather moved the main ceremony indoors.

Trump became the forty-seventh president and the second person, after Grover Cleveland, to serve non-consecutive terms. JD Vance was sworn in as vice president. The constitutional transfer occurred at noon regardless of the ceremony's indoor location.

The inaugural address promised major changes on immigration, energy, trade, federal administration and foreign policy. Trump signed numerous executive actions later that day. An inaugural statement expresses governing intent; each order has its own legal text, effect and possible judicial review.

The 2024 electoral result had been certified by Congress, and outgoing President Joe Biden attended the inauguration. Peaceful transfer of office did not resolve political disputes or validate every campaign claim. Trump's criminal conviction and pending legal matters also followed their own court processes.

This record is bounded to accession to office. It does not merge the Paris Agreement and WHO withdrawal orders, tariffs or other policies signed on the same day, each of which has a separate Fact. The oath establishes presidential authority while later performance requires policy-specific evidence.

The inauguration coincided with the federal holiday honouring Martin Luther King Jr., an unusual calendar overlap noted during the ceremony. That coincidence did not alter the constitutionally fixed end of the prior presidential term at noon.